Storm in Sydney Society Tea Pot Pupils Are Expelled From "Ascham" School Headmistress Revokes Edict on Legal Advice
Smith's Weekly · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 10
THE Two Little Girls in Blue in the song, just "drifted apart." Three Little Girls in Blue and Gold favors last week threatened to drift apart from the whole social fabric. Pupils of Ascham, which rates as a very Eton among the exclusive…
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The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 11
"BLUE BIRD" ("Dairylands." Grenfell).—I have much pleasure in writing to thank your for the nice watch. There have been some very severe storms at Grenfell recently. In…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Flood Damage Unwarranted Interference with Water Course
The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 11
"Partner" States that the floods having slightly altered the [?] of a creek running along the boundary between A's property and that of B. A has dug a trench in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Long Siege Danger of Flood Building Banks
The Sun · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 7
No relief has come yet to Wentworlh in its battle against the flood menace of the Darling. During the night the river rose…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →FLOODS. Peril at Wentworth
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 August 1931 · page 11
Late last night the flood position at Wentworth, which is menaced by both the Murray and Darling Rivers, was reported to be unchanced. The levee banks were still holding…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Ship of Government on the Rocks Crew Threatened Mutiny Over Big Dole Bread Contract Sensational Political Week Creates and Breaks All Records: An Empty Treasury Calm After Storm, But Not for Long
Truth · Sunday 9 August 1931 · page 10
THE State of N.S.W. passed through the most sensational period in its political history last week. For the first time on record the coffers of the Treasury were so empty that the Public Service went without pay. IT would seem to the ordinary onlooker, and to the outside world, that no…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood Creeps Up Rush to Stem It Renmark (S.a.)
The Sun · Monday 10 August 1931 · page 9
At 11 p.m. on Saturday flood-waters rushed through the lock-master's home at Lock 6. The lockmaster and his assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Practical Joke. Storm in the City Council
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 9
The city aldermen gave a nasty exhibition of temper yesterday. Their urbanity was rudely disturbed by a practical joke at the meeting of the finance committee of the council. Heated…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →"Lindy" Storm-bound Point Barrow (Alaska)
The Sun · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 1
Rain-swept skies and barriers of fog to-day still detained Colonel Lindbergh and his wife, who are flying to Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →After Storm Calm in Berlin Old Feud Berlin
The Sun · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 1
Thousands who went to bed to a grim lullaby of rifle-fire awoke to find Berlin calm this. morning, though the police, who had not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Danger Passes. Floods Recede
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 9
As the Murray end the Darling Rivers are falling, the town of Wentworth now seems to be out of danger, after having been menaced by flood waters for nearly a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Floods in China. Entire City Inundated. Huge Death-roll. Shanghai, Aug. 10
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 9
The flood situation at Hankow following several weeks of rain, has assumed the proportions of a national calamity. Millions of people are affected. The entire city is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hard Fight Beating Flood Waters Renmark Threat Adelaide
The Sun · Tuesday 11 August 1931 · page 10
The River Murray at Renmark is still rising, and flood waters are gradually creeping up the embankment that is protecting…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood Damage Plea for Govt. Help Question in Assembly
The Sun · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 2
Mr. Donovan (Lab.) moved the adjournment of the Legislative Assembly to-day to discuss the serious position of residents along the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods Bogs Long Reliability Run
The Sun · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 2
Despite floods in the Coorong desert and delays caused by bogs near Gundagai, tho "VX" Vauxhall tourer arrived in Sydney to-day. five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →By Boat Gathering Oranges Renmark Flood Renmark (S.a.)
The Sun · Wednesday 12 August 1931 · page 10
A boat is being used by Mr. B. Gregory to gather the oranges in his flooded orchard. The river has risen a further five…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →State Session. Insurance Deposits. Government Insists on Cash. Murray River Floods
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 August 1931 · page 9
The Legislative Assembly, on a party vote, yesterday rejected the amendment made by the Legislative Council to the Insurance Companies' Deposits Bill to enable companies to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Murray Floods. Danger in South Australia. ADELAIDE
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 August 1931 · page 10
The Murray River at Renmark is within a few inches of the 1917 flood level, and is still rising. Returned soldiers and civilians are working long hours in repairing the banks, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Flood Bursts Levee 3 A.M. Rush Danger at Remark Roar of Water Gangs Rush to Stem It Adelaide
The Sun · Thursday 13 August 1931 · page 14
The flood danger at Renmark today became serious when the big embankment which guarded the southern portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Flooding Local Markets. Outside Products Unions Urge Taxation
The Labor Daily · Thursday 13 August 1931 · page 6
Urgent endeavors are being made by those unions concerned to stop the importation of boots and clothing and other merchandise from…
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